The Power Of Three (Paperback)

Spectacular ... A fast, cleverly elusive story - NEW YORK TIMES

Laura Lippman understands perfectly the power of adolescent passions and how easily they spiral out of control. Read THE POWER OF THREE and despair of a world where guns are easier to come by than drugs - Val McDermid

Powerful ... A gripping tale that is a mystery only in the same sense as To Kill a Mockingbird was ... Brilliant, insightful, moving - CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

Terrific characterisation ... Lippman is weighed down with US crime writing awards - the Anthony, Edgar, Shamas, Agatha and Nero ... taken as a study of character, The Power of Three, narrated from multiple points of view that allows Lippman to dig deep into the teenagers' psyches, is engrossing - OBSERVER

Why can be as important as who in creating a compelling mystery, as Laura Lippman shows in THE POWER OF THREE ... Lippman has produced a vivid portrait of a little piece of middle America, a thoughtful and sensitive novel which makes disquieting reading - SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

Wonderfully paced, really well crafted ...The best book of hers that I've read - Kate Atkinson, author of CASE HISTORIES

A searching look at the implosion of the American dream into every parent's worst nightmare - KIRKUS

Lippman is among that select group of novelists who have reinvigorated the crime fiction arena with her smart, innovative and exciting work - George Pelecanos

This is an outstanding example of writing that successfully combines suspense with acute insight into the dark recesses of human nature - GUARDIAN

Lippman is often compared to such writers as the glorious Anne Tyler and the impeccable James M. Cain. Indeed, her writing is a heady concoction of similar skills - Christina Appleyard, DAILY MAIL

A major work of suspense - CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER